Poor Farm Residents

Material contributed by Marianne Nichols Ordway

This "Welfare System" (sometimes referred to as the Poor Farm or County Farm)
was administered by County Wardens to provide care for not only the poor, but
also physically or mentally handicapped and aged persons.

Records specific to Bertie County are:Records of Relief Of The Poor
(1877-1932)- Bertie Courthouse

"Receipts and Disbursements of County Home for Aged and Infirm, 1917-1926.
- Bertie Courthouse

"These records ("Relief Of The Poor.") do not contain family information. The
names are not listed in order. The ONLY thing that was written in the
book was how much money was paid out to the individuals.

A person who wants to find out about any of this could write or call:

Bertie County Register of Deeds (252)794-5309. Bertie County
Register of Deed108 Dundee Street.Windsor, North Carolina 27983

Barbara Nichols Mulder talked with a clerk in the Register of Deeds Office who told her that the cost for document copies would be .20 cent a sheet.

Location

The Poor Farm was located on County Farm Road just off of US 17
(also US13S) south of Windsor. The road used to be calledCashie
Neck Road.

COUNTY HOME EXPLANATION - later yearsLocated on the south side of Windsor
and it for prisoners who were put in jail for several months to several years.
The farm was owned by the county and provided a place of work for the prisoners
as well as a source of food for them and any person who was on welfare. The
county jailer was furnished a home and his family resided there also.

Bertie CountyMISCELLANEOUS RECORDS:

Minutes,Wardens of the Poor,1838-1851; 1 volume.

Minutes,Wardens of the Poor,1838-1847; 1 reel.

This page has an awesome explaination regarding"Wardens of the Poor"
and just what was meant by"inmate" or "outside" etc.. and gives a very
goodoverview of just what information is or can be onthe county reels of
film titled, "Wardens of
thePoor".http://www.poorhousestory.com/NC_WardensPoor.htm